Wodzisław County | |
Native Name: | Powiat wodzisławski |
Settlement Type: | County |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Silesian |
Area Total Km2: | 286.92 |
Population As Of: | 2019-06-30[1] |
Population Total: | 157346 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 101280 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 56066 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Wodzisław Śląski |
Coordinates: | 50°N 45°W |
Seat: | Wodzisław Śląski |
Parts Type: | Gminas |
Parts: | Total 9 (incl. 4 urban) |
P1: | Pszów |
P2: | Radlin |
P3: | Rydułtowy |
P4: | Wodzisław Śląski |
P5: | Gmina Godów |
P6: | Gmina Gorzyce |
P7: | Gmina Lubomia |
P8: | Gmina Marklowice |
P9: | Gmina Mszana |
Leader Title: | Starosta |
Leader Name: | Tadeusz Skatuła |
Blank Name: | Car plates |
Blank Info: | SWD |
Website: | https://www.powiatwodzislawski.pl/ |
Wodzisław County (Polish: powiat wodzisławski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Czech border. It came into being on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Wodzisław Śląski, which lies 49km (30miles) south-west of the regional capital Katowice. The county contains three other towns: Rydułtowy, 70NaN0 north of Wodzisław Śląski, Radlin, 40NaN0 north-east of Wodzisław Śląski, and Pszów, 70NaN0 north-west of Wodzisław Śląski.
The county covers an area of 286.92km2. As of 2019 its total population is 157,346, out of which the population of Wodzisław Śląski is 47,992, that of Rydułtowy is 21,616, that of Radlin is 17,776, that of Pszów is 13,896, and the rural population is 56,066.
Wodzisław area was heavily influenced by the Duchy of Racibórz, Duchy of Wodzisław and Wodzisław State country in the Middle Ages and later. First Wodzisław county was created in 1954. It covered vast area, including current Wodzisław County and Jastrzębie-Zdrój. In 1975 administrative reforms repealed counties (powiaty) in Poland. In 1999 Jerzy Buzek government restored Wodzisław county (without Jastrzębie) along with other counties.
Wodzisław County is bordered by Racibórz County to the west, the city of Rybnik and Rybnik County to the north-east, and the city of Jastrzębie-Zdrój to the east. It also borders the Czech Republic to the south.
The county is subdivided into nine gminas (four urban and five rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
Gmina | Type | Area (km2) | Population (2019) | Seat |
Wodzisław Śląski | urban | 49.6 | 47,992 | |
Rydułtowy | urban | 15.0 | 21,616 | |
Gmina Gorzyce | rural | 64.5 | 21,285 | Gorzyce |
Radlin | urban | 12.5 | 17,776 | |
Pszów | urban | 20.4 | 13,896 | |
Gmina Godów | rural | 38.0 | 13,758 | Godów |
Gmina Lubomia | rural | 41.8 | 7,925 | Lubomia |
Gmina Mszana | rural | 31.0 | 7,702 | Mszana |
Gmina Marklowice | rural | 13.8 | 5,396 | Marklowice |
Wodzisław Śląski
Rydułtowy
Radlin
Wodzisław County is twinned with:[2]